A Poem By Anthony Sarch: "Piano Lover"

Poet/Author,\born 1969 in Chicago,living now in Naperville ILL,Cancer survivor I have two sons that live with their mothers,been writing since I was 15 and stop for a while,then took it back up again 10 years ago,I have published so far 11 books,8 are poetry and 3 short stories,I'm a member of a site called allpoetry since 2012 under the username Anthony Sarch as well a second account on allpoetry under Tony Sarch I run several groups on that site I also run 6 poetry groups on facebook
also have my own webpage to promote my books and work at www.anthonysarch.wix.com/poetry-and-stories.

Three Poems By Judith Skillman: "May Rains", "Friday Mass", "A La Prima "

Judith Skillman’s recent book is House of Burnt Offerings, Pleasure Boat Studio. Her work has appeared in Cimarron Review, J Journal, Seneca Review, Tampa Review, Prairie Schooner, FIELD, The Iowa Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. Awards include an Eric Mathieu King Fund grant from the Academy of American Poets. Visit www.judithskillman.com

Poems By Tim Staley: "On the Cusp of Snow and Thaw", "Daddy Daughter Campout", "Folk Rock Flophouse"

Tim Staley was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1975. He completed a Poetry MFA from New Mexico State University in 2004. He serves as publisher of Grandma Moses Press. His first full-length poetry collection, Lost On My Own Street, is forthcoming from Pski’s Porch Publishing. His newest chapbook, The Most Honest Syllable Is Shhh, is forthcoming from Night Ballet Press. Journal publications include Border Senses, Cacti Fur, Canary, Chiron Review, Circumference, and RHINO: The Poetry Forum. His hobbies include thinking, taquitos, and waiting. Actually, just taquitos.  He lives with his wife and daughter in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Find him online at www.poetstaley.com

Three Poems By Harry Youtt: "New Melody", "Music Lesson", "How The Music First Began"

Harry Youtt is a frequently published poet and writer of short fiction, twice nominated for Pushcart prizes. He is the author of several poetry collections and chapbooks. He is also a long-time instructor in the UCLA Ext. Writers’ Program, where he teaches courses and workshops in fiction writing, poetry and memoir.

Visual Art: Photography By Fabrice Poussin

Fabrice Poussin is assistant professor of French and English at Shorter University, Rome, Georgia.  Author of novels and poetry, his work has appeared in France at La Pensee Universelle, and in the United States in Kestrel.  He is also a published photographer.

Fiction By David Dominé : "The Music Box"

David Dominé holds an MFA from Spalding University and teaches at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany. His current projects include a collection of linked short stories titled Eating Matches, an allusion to the sad Victorian habit of women swallowing matches as a way to commit suicide. "The Music Box" is one of the stories from this collection.

Fiction By Scott Thomas Outlar: "And Then There Was Sound (God's Opera)"

Scott Thomas Outlar hosts the site 17Numa.wordpress.com where links to his poetry and fiction can be found. His words have appeared recently in venues such as Yellow Chair Review, Poetry Quarterly, Tuck Magazine, and Dead Snakes. Scott's chapbook "Songs of a Dissident" was released in 2015 through Transcendent Zero Press and is available on Amazon.

Fiction By Harry Youtt: "Adagio for Flute"

Harry Youtt is a frequently published poet and writer of short fiction, twice nominated for Pushcart prizes. He is the author of several poetry collections and chapbooks. He is also a long-time instructor in the UCLA Ext. Writers’ Program, where he teaches courses and workshops in fiction writing, poetry and memoir.

Music Review By Jennifer Criss: "Joshua Powell and the Great Train Robbery"

Jennifer Criss graduated from Ball State University with a minor in Creative Writing, a life long passion.  She is currently collaborating on an anthology for older adults and helps lead a writing support group. Jennifer writes mostly short stories but has discovered a love for writing poetry.  Her poetry has been published in Poebita Magazine. She now works at Ball State, is a busy mother of two girls, but her pen keeps moving. She is an editorial assistant with Indiana Voice Journal.

Creative Nonfiction/Essay By Alex Beckman of Video Grave: "The Making of a Band"

Alex Beckman is a freshman at Ball State University.  He and his band, Video Grave, play shows as much they can in the Indianapolis, Indiana area.  Check them out here:

https://www.facebook.com/VideoGravve/

http://videogravve.bandcamp.com/

Creative Nonfiction/Memoir By Nina Fosati: "Spoons"

Nina Fosati has always been a storyteller. At 58, she believed she was too old to be a writer. Then physical and mental limitations struck, and she decided she had to try. Finding she no longer functions well in the world, she uses impairment as the inspiration for many of her stories. 

     A fledgling author, Nina is a member of the Hamburg Writers’ Group. With their encouragement, she started shopping her stories around. To date, they have been chosen for two anthologies: “Tales of Our Lives: Reflection Pond,” and “The Spoon Knife Anthology.” Nina invites you to follow her on Facebook.

Creative Nonfiction/Essay By Lynda McKinney Lambert: "When I Begin my Day with Mozart"

Lynda McKinney Lambert is a retired fine arts and humanities professor from Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA.  She resides in a small village in western Pennsylvania with her husband, Bob, 4 cats and 2 dogs.  Lynda is the author of Concerti: Psalms for the Pilgrimage, published by Kota Press. She writes articles on the humanities, contemporary poetry and inspirational human interest stories.  Her teaching career took her to Europe  each summer where she taught  drawing and writing to college students.

Visual Art: Photography By Chris McCown

Chris McCown first started doing photography during his tour with the US Navy on 35mm film in the mid 90's.  He wanted to accurately capture some of the amazing places he was visiting, and taught himself photography.  Since then, he has shot tens of thousands of photos, and taught himself what works and what looks good after opening the shutter.  In more recent years, he has been on call for concerts, portraits, and weddings in his local area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Regardless, he has a love affair with the lens, and can often times be seen out and about taking photos of whatever happens to catch his eye, just for the enjoyment of it.

Issue #19 Special Edition~From the Heart of Cape Town, South Africa: Poets Respond to Visual Artist "Shameeg van Schalkwyk"

Indiana Voice Journal

Issue #19

February 15, 2016

"Deforestation" by Shameeg van Schalkwyk

Welcome to this Special Ekphrastic Edition of Indiana Voice Journal. This issue was inspired by an introduction to self-taught visual artist Shameeg van Schalkwyk through a mutual friend and poet, Don Beukes.

Shameeg is an impressive young artist living in an oppressed, gang-riddled area on the Cape Flats in South Africa. His dream is to study art, and to learn techniques and terminology from a professional mentor or attend art school. In Shameeg's own words, "I want to make people smile when they look at my work, and I want to teach other young people who are interested in art."

I invited a teacher from the area, Jacquelyn Kruger, to share what it's like educating children on the Cape Flats. She generously responded with a personal essay about the challenges and the rewards of teaching, while providing insight into daily life on the Capes.

The poets appearing in this issue were each sent a variety of Shameeg's paintings, given a very short deadline, and an invitation to respond. I'd like to thank each one of them for rising to the challenge and responding in such a powerful way.  Those invited include: David Allen, Elizabeth Brooks, Don Beukes, Scott Thomas Outlar, and Bruce Owens.

My heartfelt thanks go out to everyone participating, reading, and sharing in this issue.

~Janine Pickett, Editor

Introducing Visual Artist Shameeg van Schalkwyk

An Essay by Jacqueline Kruger: "Teaching on the Cape Flats"

Poet David Allen Responds to "Deforestation"

Poet Elizabeth Brooks Responds to "Image Defined"

Poet Don Beukes Responds to "Entangled"

Poet Scott Thomas Outlar Responds To  "Crown of Water" and  "Talking to the Moon"

Poet Bruce Owens Responds To: "Talking To The Moon"

Poet Janine Pickett Responds To: "Distress"

Introducing Visual Artist Shameeg van Schalkwyk

out the artist whose images grace this issue of Indiana Voice Journal

An Essay by Jacqueline Kruger: "Teaching on the Cape Flats"

Teaching on the Cape Flats

Poet David Allen Responds to "Deforestation"

Doomed to Domes

Poet Elizabeth Brooks Responds to "Image Defined"

Poems: Broken and Hunted, and Unbridled Potential

Poet Don Beukes Responds to "Entangled"

Poems: The Ghetto Chronicals, Child of Colour, and Belhar High 1985

Poet Scott Thomas Outlar Responds To "Crown of Water" and "Talking to the Moon"

Poems: Abdicating The Throne and A Sliver of Salvation